Journal: Cognitive Science

Abbreviation

Cogn. Sci.

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Wiley

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1551-6709
0364-0213

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2017 - 20203
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  • Normative Judgments and Individual Essence
    Item type: Journal Article
    De Freitas, Julian; Tobia, Kevin P.; Newman, George E.; et al. (2017)
    Cognitive Science
  • The Disappearing “Advantage of Abstract Examples in Learning Math”
    Item type: Journal Article
    Trninic, Dragan; Kapur, Manu; Sinha, Tanmay (2020)
    Cognitive Science
    When teaching a novel mathematical concept, should we present learners with abstract or concrete examples? In this experiment, we conduct a critical replication and extension of a well‐known study that argued for the general advantage of abstract examples (Kaminski, Sloutsky, & Heckler, 2008a). We demonstrate that theoretically motivated yet minor modifications of the learning design put this argument in question. A key finding from this study is that participants who trained with improved concrete examples performed as well as, or better than, participants who trained with abstract examples. We argue that the previously reported “advantage of abstract examples” manifested not because abstract examples are advantageous in general, but because the concrete condition employed suboptimal examples. © 2020 Cognitive Science Society.
  • Generalization and Search in Risky Environments
    Item type: Journal Article
    Schulz, Eric; Wu, Charley M.; Krause, Andreas; et al. (2018)
    Cognitive Science
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